average %     change                                        
                  clients       from    average % clients   average %      other
    REGION       with drug      last        injecting        clients       drugs
                   listed       year                        inhaling/     used (%
                 as primary                                  smoking    mentioned)
                    drug
                  of abuse
I                    22       increase      0%      77          23      cocaine       88%
N=10                          no           86%                          marijuana     38%
                              change       14%                          alcohol       88%
                              decrease                                  tranquiliz    25%
                                                                        ers           25%
                                                                        amphetamin    38%
                                                                        es
                                                                        other
II                   26       increase     38%      75          25      cocaine       62%
N=14                          no           54%                          marijuana     54%
                              change        8%                          alcohol       69%
                              decrease                                  amphetamin     8%
                                                                        es            38%
                                                                        other            
III                  13       increase     27%      65          35      cocaine       36%
N=14                          no           64%                          marijuana     36%
                              change        9%                          alcohol       73%
                              decrease                                  tranquiliz     9%
                                                                        ers           27%
                                                                        other
IV                   7        increase     20%      73          27      cocaine       22%
N=12                          no           50%                          marijuana     67%
                              change       30%                          alcohol       78%
                              decrease                                  amphetamin    22%
                                                                        es            44%
                                                                        other            
Region I:
Connecticut,
Maine,
Massachusetts
, New York,
New Jersey,
Rhode Island,
New
Hampshire,
Vermont,
Pennsylvania

Region II:Alabama, Florida,
        Georgia, Kentucky,
        Mississippi, Texas, North
        and South Carolina,
        Tennessee, Arkansas,
        Louisiana, Oklahoma,
        Maryland, Delaware,
        Virginia, West Virginia,
        Washington, D.C.

Region III:Illinois, Indiana,
          Michigan, Minnesota,
          Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa,
          Kansas, Missouri,
          Nebraska, North and South
          Dakota

Region IV:Colorado, Montana, Utah,
Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona,
California, Idaho, New
Mexico, Washington,
Oregon



Table 3 (cont'd.)

Treatment Providers' Report on

Characteristics of Users by Drug of Abuse

April 1996

DRUG:  HEROIN


         Average percent        Average percent by      Average percent     Average percent
              by Age               Race/Ethnicity             by Sex         with Prior
REGION                                                                       Treatment
                                                                                                     
         under                   Africa          Hispan                              
           20    21-30    31+      n-     White  ic and    Male   FIale   Yes      No
                                 Americ           Other
                                   an
I           1      29      70       31      43      26      66      34      71       29
N=10


II          2      33      65       32      62      6       63      37      76       24
N=14


III         7      19      74       49      42      9       74      26      76       24
N=14


IV          3      17      80       4       68      28      75      25      71       29
N=12